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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 42
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Isaiah speaks Messianically—The Lord shall bring his law and his judgment, be a light to the Gentiles, and free the prisoners—Praise ye the Lord.
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Behold</span> my <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Matt. 12: 18 (17-21); TG Servants; TG Witness of the Father.">servant</a>, whom I uphold; mine <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Election.">elect</a>, <i>in whom</i> my soul delighteth; I have <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/42/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Prov. 1: 23.">put</a> my <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/42/1d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG God, Spirit of.">spirit</a> upon him: he shall bring forth <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/42/1e" mark="e" type="A" title="1 Ne. 13: 33 (33-34).">judgment</a> to the Gentiles.
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He shall not cry, nor <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the voice.">lift</a> up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
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A bruised reed shall he not break, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE He will not harm nor hurt the weakest.">smoking</a> flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
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He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 10: 20 (20-22).">isles</a> shall wait for his law.
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&#182; Thus saith God the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he that <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Creation; TG Jesus Christ, Creator.">created</a> the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Breath of Life.">breath</a> unto the people upon it, and <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/42/5c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Man, a Spirit Child of Heavenly Father; TG Spirit Creation.">spirit</a> to them that <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/42/5d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Mortality.">walk</a> therein:
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I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 49: 8.">covenant</a> of the people, for a <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/6b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Light.">light</a> of the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/42/6c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 45: 9; D&C 88: 84 (84-85); JS-H 1: 41.">Gentiles</a>;
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To <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">open</a> the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 146: 8; Matt. 11: 5.">blind</a> eyes, to bring out the <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/42/7c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Genealogy and Temple Work; TG Salvation for the Dead.">prisoners</a> from the <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/42/7d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Hell.">prison</a>, <i>and</i> them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
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I <i>am</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: that <i>is</i> my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
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Behold, the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Foreknowledge of.">former</a> things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Amos 3: 7.">you</a> of them.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Singing.">Sing</a> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> a new song, <i>and</i> his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
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Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up <i>their voice,</i> the villages <i>that</i> Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
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Let them give glory unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and declare his praise in the islands.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR zeal, ardor.">jealousy</a> like a man of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 31: 4.">war</a>: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, <i>and</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 64: 12.">refrained</a> myself: <i>now</i> will I cry like a travailing woman; I will <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 12: 8.">destroy</a> and devour at once.
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I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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And I will bring the blind by a way <i>that</i> they knew not; I will lead them in paths <i>that</i> they have not known: I will make <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 5.">darkness</a> light before them, and crooked things straight.  These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
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&#182; They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye <i>are</i> our gods.
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Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/19a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Isa. 42: 19-23 (Appendix).">Who</a> <i>is</i> blind, but my servant?  or deaf, as my messenger <i>that</i> I sent?  who <i>is</i> blind as <i>he that is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/19b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE the ransomed and redeemed of Israel, who should also become the LORD’S servants.">perfect</a>, and blind as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s servant?
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spiritual Blindness.">Seeing</a> many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make <i>it</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Honor.">honourable</a>.
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But this <i>is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/22a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Israel of Isaiah’s time (v. 22-25).">people</a> robbed and spoiled; <i>they are</i> all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 15: 19 (18-20).">Restore</a>.
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Who among you will give ear to this?  <i>who</i> will hearken and hear for the time to come?
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Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/42/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Ten Lost Tribes of.">Israel</a> to the robbers?  did not the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he against whom we have sinned?  for they would not <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/42/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Walking in Darkness.">walk</a> in his ways, neither were they <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/42/24c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">obedient</a> unto his law.
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Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid <i>it</i> not to heart.
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